"Just keep on stretching the antennae, hoping that it will come clear.
We need some reception, a higher message, just tell us what to fear.
Because I don't know what tomorrow brings. It is alive with such possibilities.
All I know is I feel better when I sing. Burdens are lifted from me, that is my voice rising!"
- Bright Eyes

News & Updates

Welcome to Part of the Mystery, a one times one fan site - for fans, by fans. There's ♥ for Bright Eyes around here and our goal is to provide all the information and media that's out there on Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst, any kind of contributions (MP3's, concert photos, etc.) for the fan site are greatly appreciated.

03.28.06

New Section Added >> We've just added a fan art section to our Bright Eyes Fan Page. Have a look at our first drawing posted, and send us your own fan art and you may see it here!

10.26.05

A walk through Conor's World >> Having a Bright Eyes Fan Page, we've realized that fans of Bright Eyes are often BIG fans of Bright Eyes.. so we thought some of you would enjoy taking a peek into influential places in Conor's home town and home of Saddle Creek - Omaha, NE.

5.19.05

We've installed a new, smoother running message board. Stop by and be the first to chat about Bright Eyes in our new Bright Eyes forum!

5.16.05

Find more concert photos submitted by another Bright Eyes fan on our fan pictures page, these were kindly submitted by Mat R from the April 7th 2005 show at the Fremantle Arts Center in Western Australia, Australia.

3.26.05

Stop by our Bright Eyes fan pictures page for new concert photos submitted by Heather.

1.28.05

Bright Eyes on NPR
Bright Eyes will be performing live on NPR this weekend! Visit npr.org this Saturday, January 29th at 9:30 p.m. ET to hear a special live performance by Bright Eyes, with guests Tilly and the Wall and CocoRosie. For more info, visit NPR.

7.6.04

This October, Bright Eyes is once again touring with alt-folk rocker M. Ward and My Morning Jacket frontman, Jim James. The three had played together this last February, each playing a solo show, then finishing together. They will reunite on the following:

10-08 Fort Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
10-09 Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre
10-12 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
10-13 San Diego, CA - Spreckles Theatre
10-14 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre
10-15 Berkeley, CA - Zellerbach Auditorium
10-16 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
10-18 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
10-19 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom

6.4.04

Bright Eyes has returned to the studios with producer Mike Mogis to record their next full-length, entitled I'm Wide Awake It's Morning. Conor Oberst, AKA Bright Eyes, said to NME this month: "A lot of the songs are more traditional folk, country-sounding stuff, and then we have some other stuff with like two drummers-- more beat-oriented, more grooves, not necessarily dancey but just [has] a good beat to it." Apparently you'll be able to hear some of these new tunes ahead of the scheduled January date if you catch them on tour.